Diagnostic features of three nymphal instars of Sturnidoecus bannoo (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) infesting Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
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Three nymphal instars of bank Myna louse, Sturnidoecus bannoo differ from each other not only any size, abdominal segmentation, chitinization but also in the number of setae occurring on head, thorax and abdomen. Present report provides information on the diagnostic characters of three nymphal instars of the aforesaid louse.
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Bank Myna louse, Lschnocera, Phthiraptera
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Clay, T. (1958). Revisions of Mallophaga genera Degeeriella from the Falconiformes. Bulletin of British Museum Natural History on Entomology (London), 7: 123-207.
Gupta, N., Kumar, S. and Saxena, A. K. (2007). Intrinsic rate of natural increase of Brueelia amandavae (Ischnocera, Phthiraptera) infesting Indian red avadavat. Biologia, 62/ 4: 458-461.
Lonc, E. and Modrezejewska, M. (1986). An attempt to identification of nymphal instars of bitting lice (Mallophaga) using discriminent fuction. Bulletin entomologiquede pologme, Tom 56:631-640.
Lonc, E. and Modrezejewska, M. (1989). Growth rules applied to the stage identification of nymphal instars of some mallophogan species (Phthiraptera). Deutsch Entomology, 36:121-126.
Mey, E. (1994). Beziehungen Zwischen larvemorphologie und systematik der adulti bei den vogel-Ischnozeren (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin, 70: 3-84.
Modrzejewska, M. and Zlotorzycka, J. (1987). Studies on morphology of nymphs of selected Amblycera and Ischnocera (Mallophaga). Polskie Pism Entomologiczne, 57:657-672.
Page, R. D. M., Price, R.D. and Hallenthal, R.A. (1995). Phylogeny of Geomydoecus and Thomodoecus pocket gopher lice (Phthiraptera : Trichodectidae) inferred from cladistic analysis of adult first instar morphology. Systems Entomology, 20: 129-143.
Price, R. D. and Hellenthal, R. A. (1996). Taxonomic importance of first instar chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Philoterpidae) from neotropical antbirds and Giant eaters (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of Kansas Entomological Society, 69: 346-356.
Saxena, A. K., Surman, S. K. Singh and A. Kumar (1998). Description of life history stages of poultry shaft louse, Menopon gallinae (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Menoponidae). Rudolstadter Naturhistorischce Schriften, 9: 81-85.
Silke, K., Michael, O. and Ragnar, K. (2006). Identification of larval instars of the Phthiraptera Ectoparasite Campanulotes bidentatus compar. (Burmeister, 1838) by the setal patterns. Deutsch, Entomology Z. 53: 86-90.
Smith, V.S. (2000).Basal ischnoceran louse phylogeny (Phthiraptera : Ischnocera : Goniodidae and Heptapsogasteridae). Systematic Entomology, 25: 73-94.
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Diagnostic features of three nymphal instars of Sturnidoecus bannoo (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) infesting Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus. (2010). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 2(1), 74-76. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v2i1.100
